Molecular typing of multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from children from northern Jordan

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 271-277

  Youssef, Mohammad T ^a   Malkawi, Hanan I ^a   Shurman, Abdallah A ^b   Andremont, Antoine O ^c  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Princess Rahma Hospital   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAPIRIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PLASMID; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0032744866     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.5.271     Document Type: Article

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